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English Unlimited Starter A

by Adrian Doff e Nick Robinson

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 English Unlimited is a six-level goals-based course for adults. Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently for global communication.
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Measuring Justice - Quantitative Accountability And The National Prosecuting Authority In South Africa

by Johanna (Universitat Bern, Switzerland) Mugler

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 Explores how South African court and managerial prosecutors engage with performance statistics, indicators and rankings at work; whether and how they affect operations, decision-making, the allocation of resources and their accountability, with the findings being of interest to those concerned with justice, accountability and state bureaucracy.
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Immoral Traffic - An Ethnography Of Law, Ngos, And The Governance Of Prostitution In India

by Vibhuti (University Of California, Irvine) Ramachandran

~~43,26€~~ 38,93€ 10% OFF

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 This multi-sited ethnography explores the complex and contradictory impacts of India's anti-prostitution law and global anti-trafficking campaigns. Ideal for readers interested in anthropology, law, gender and sexuality studies, and NGOs, the book reveals the convergence of humanitarianism, bureaucracy, and morality in governing prostitution.
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The Regulation Of Prostitution In China - Law In The Everyday Lives Of Sex Workers, Police Officers, And Public Health Officials

by Margaret L. (York University, Toronto) Boittin

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 Illustrates how law shapes the lives of sex workers, street-level police officers and frontline health officials in China. Using ethnography, interviews and surveys to explore how prostitution is regulated, this accessible book is perfect for readers interested in law, the state, society, China, and sex work.
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The Practice And Problems Of Transnational Counter-Terrorism

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The Practice And Problems Of Transnational Counter-Terrorism

by Fiona (Lecturer, University Of Birmingham) De Londras

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 In spite of its significant effects on everyday life, the effects of transnational counter-terrorism are not well understood. Drawing on insights from law, international relations, political science and security studies, this study shows the impacts and argues that counter-terrorism is expansionary, rights-limiting and unaccountable.
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The Sentimental Court - The Affective Life Of International Criminal Justice

by Jonas (Freie Universitat Berlin) Bens

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 What is the role of affect in international criminal law and transitional justice in (post-)colonial Africa and beyond? Instead of accepting at face value the commonly held assumption that the law systematically neutralizes emotions, Jonas Bens argues that the law purposefully creates, mobilizes, shapes, and transforms atmospheres and sentiments.
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From Manners To Rules - Advocating For Legalism In South Korea And Japan

by Celeste L. (George Washington University, Washington Dc) Arrington

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 Examines the growing contributions of activists and lawyers to policy reforms and legal and institutional change in South Korea and Japan. Drawing on 120 interviews and diverse sources, the book compares recent reforms related to disability rights and tobacco control to explore the evolving legal landscape of the two countries.
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Labor In Hard Times - Workers' Legal Mobilization At The European Court Of Human Rights

by Filiz (University Of Toronto) Kahraman

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 This book offers a rare, accessible look at how workers in Turkey and the UK used human rights law to challenge neoliberal reforms. It is an ideal resource for readers interested in labor rights, international law, and social movements as well as political science, law, and global studies collections.
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Labor In Hard Times - Workers' Legal Mobilization At The European Court Of Human Rights

by Filiz (University Of Toronto) Kahraman

~~114,91€~~ 103,42€ 10% OFF

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 This book offers a rare, accessible look at how workers in Turkey and the UK used human rights law to challenge neoliberal reforms. It is an ideal resource for readers interested in labor rights, international law, and social movements as well as political science, law, and global studies collections.
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Courts, Constitutions And Karma - Buddhism, Law And The Practices Of Legal Pluralism In Sri Lanka

by Benjamin (University Of Otago, New Zealand) Schonthal

~~155,47€~~ 139,92€ 10% OFF

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 A deeply researched account of one of Asia's most important legal traditions and its complex intertwining with state law. Provides a close-up look at Buddhist monastic law 'in action,' while also offering a novel approach to thinking about conflict and compromise in multi-legal settings, focusing on 'practices of legal pluralism.'
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Terror On Trial - An Ethnography Of French Courts

by Antoine (Universite De Rouen) Megie, Christiane (Sorbonne University) Besnier, Denis (French National School Of Magistrates) Salas e Sharon (The American University Of Paris, France) Weill

~~141,95€~~ 127,76€ 10% OFF

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 Based on hundreds of French terror trials including the 'trials for history'-this book explores how counterterrorism justice is shaped in French courts. Through courtroom immersion and interviews with judicial actors, it identifies three generations of trials, offering original insights into the evolving role of French courts in terrorism cases.
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Moral Autopsy - Truths, Secrets, And The Judicial Afterlives Of Communist Secret Service Archives

by Saygun (Bogazici University, Istanbul) Gokariksel

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 Offers an accessible, multidisciplinary study of transitional justice in Eastern Europe in the global context of post-Cold War and its ends. Through analyses of court trials, biographies, media, and plays involving figures accused of being communist spies, the book appeals to readers from a wide range of disciplines.
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Law And Precarity - Legal Consciousness And Daily Survival In Vietnam

by Tu Phuong (University Of Adelaide) Nguyen

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 This book will be of interest to researchers and students of law and society, political economy, anthropology, and Asian studies. It offers an original understanding of the paradoxical effects of law in the survival strategies of people who are caught to live and work in precarious circumstances.
Risk And Resistance - How Feminists Transformed The Law And Science Of Aids

by Aziza (Boston University School Of Law) Ahmed

~~31,09€~~ 27,98€ 10% OFF

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 How did women come to be seen as 'at-risk' for HIV? Against a linear narrative of scientific discovery and progress, Risk and ResistanceÂ shows that it was the work of women's rights lawyers and activists who altered the legal and public health response to the AIDS epidemic.
Risk And Resistance - How Feminists Transformed The Law And Science Of Aids

by Aziza (Boston University School Of Law) Ahmed

~~114,91€~~ 103,42€ 10% OFF

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 How did women come to be seen as 'at-risk' for HIV? Against a linear narrative of scientific discovery and progress, Risk and ResistanceÂ shows that it was the work of women's rights lawyers and activists who altered the legal and public health response to the AIDS epidemic.
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The Social Constitution - Embedding Social Rights Through Legal Mobilization

by Whitney K. (San Francisco State University) Taylor

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 This book examines the Colombian experiment with robust rights protections and traces how those rights came to be meaningful in citizens' everyday lives, allowing them to claim access to goods like healthcare. It develops a novel approach to legal mobilization that is both relational and interactive.
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Health As A Human Right - The Politics And Judicialisation Of Health In Brazil

by Octavio Luiz Motta (King'S College London) Ferraz

~~40,55€~~ 36,50€ 10% OFF

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 This book will appeal to people interested in the effects that recognising health as a human right in law can have on the health conditions of the population. It tells the story of how, against all odds, health became a right in Brazil in 1988 and its effects since then.
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Global Pro Bono - Causes, Context, And Contestation

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 With pro bono initiatives identified in over 80 countries, now is a critical time to assess the growing importance of pro bono in civil justice systems. This book examines the forces shaping - and the contestation surrounding - its development within and across national contexts and is essential reading for those seeking to advance access to justice.
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Out Of Place - Fieldwork And Positionality In Law And Society

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 This volume is a call to embrace the power of positionality, telling a new history of law and society through the experiences of successful scholars from populations that academia has historically marginalized. Experts record their positionalities across their research and document what they learned about the law in the process.
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A Sociology Of Post-Imperial Constitutions - Suppressed Civil War And Colonized Citizens

by Chris (University Of Birmingham) Thornhill

~~182,50€~~ 164,25€ 10% OFF

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 This book explains how democratic constitutions were created by imperialism. It uses a global-sociological method to show how imperialist patterns of violence persistently affected the development of constitutional democracies, challenging standard views concerning the relationship between democracy, war, and peace.
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Entangled Domains - Empire, Law And Religion In Northern Nigeria

by Rabiat (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto) Akande

~~36,49€~~ 32,84€ 10% OFF

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 This book traces the emergence of secularism as a way of ordering religion-state relations in colonial and post-colonial Northern Nigeria. The book draws on extensive research in six archival repositories on two continents to provide a novel and comprehensive historiography.
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Prosecutors, Voters, And The Criminalization Of Corruption In Latin America - The Case Of Lava Jato

by Ezequiel A. (University Of Oxford) Gonzalez-Ocantos, Nara (Universidade Federal De Pernambuco, Brazil) Pavao, Paula (Universidad Del Pacifico, Peru) Munoz Chirinos e Viviana (University Of Oxford) Baraybar Hidalgo

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 Lava Jato, the largest transnational bribery case in history, shocked Latin American politics. This book explains why the investigation gained momentum in some countries, becoming an anti-corruption crusade. It examines public reactions, finding that prosecutors' unprecedented zeal eroded the tacit consensus around the merits of anti-corruption.
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The Regulation Of Prostitution In China - Law In The Everyday Lives Of Sex Workers, Police Officers, And Public Health Officials

by Margaret L. (York University, Toronto) Boittin

~~141,95€~~ 127,76€ 10% OFF

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 Illustrates how law shapes the lives of sex workers, street-level police officers and frontline health officials in China. Using ethnography, interviews and surveys to explore how prostitution is regulated, this accessible book is perfect for readers interested in law, the state, society, China, and sex work.
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Law And Jewish Difference - Ambivalent Encounters

by Mareike (Macquarie University, Sydney) Riedel

~~128,43€~~ 115,59€ 10% OFF

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 The book explores the lasting legacy of Christian ambivalence towards Jews in Western secular law and engages with broader questions about the cultural foundations of Western secular law, the politics of religious freedom, the racialisation of religion, and the ambivalent nature of legal progress.
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